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The Transcendent Tide is out today

Posted on August 14, 2025 by Doug Johnstone

The Transcendent Tide – the third instalment of my Enceladons trilogy – is out today, and I can’t wait for folk to read it. It’s definitely my most ambitious novel to date in a number of ways, and hopefully readers will … Continue reading →

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The Collapsing Wave Launch at Porty Books

Posted on February 22, 2024 by Doug Johnstone

I am absolutely delighted to officially launch The Collapsing Wave at my local bookshop in Porty on Tuesday 19th March. I’ll be chatting to incredible author Rachelle Atalla about anything and everything. And I’ll probably play a couple of songs as well, you know the drill. Tickets … Continue reading →

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Reviews of Metallica and Alan McGee books in the Big Issue

Posted on December 4, 2013 by Doug Johnstone

‘Metal up your ass’. Guess who’s catchphrase that was, Metallica or Alan McGee? Correct. Last month saw a couple of pretty interesting music tomes out, Birth School Metallica Death (Faber) by Paul Brannigan and Ian Winwood and Alan McGee’s autobiography, Creation … Continue reading →

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My Big Issue review of Vic Galloway and John Higgs books

Posted on October 24, 2013 by Doug Johnstone

Here is my latest piece of blether in The Big Issue’s books section, this time reviewing the rather excellent Songs in the Key of Fife (Polygon) by Vic Galloway and The KLF (Phoenix) by John Higgs. A couple of cracking … Continue reading →

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publishers and authors of ebooks (or just books) – get your book reviewed, maybe

Posted on June 29, 2011 by Doug Johnstone

Folks, one of the many journalism things I do is the weekly books round up for The Big Issue magazine. I also sometimes write the lead reviews and the book features. Anyway, I’m always on the lookout for great new … Continue reading →

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